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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Based on the enginerring discussion in this thread, it appears that most agree that only a small percentage of top students from elite schools see meaningful employment advantages. Given this reality, what justifies paying Ivy League or high-tier private tuition for an engineering degree when state flagships, regional universities, or lower-ranked private schools with merit aid can provide equivalent career outcomes?[/quote]

The engineering students at T20 schools are also recruited by consulting and finance. So it opens more doors if they want to broaden their prospects. But for real engineering work, most firms are going to prefer the UIUC or Georgia Tech grad over someone from Harvard or Yale, which are notoriously weak in engineering. But students going to T20 schools with solid engineering schools - Penn, Princeton, Cornell, Rice, MIT, Stanford, Duke, Northwestern, [b]Vanderbilt[/b], Columbia - have all the doors open, including in finance and consulting, which rarely recruit far outside the T20 or WASP. [/quote]

Vanderbilt is ranked #35 in engineering by USNW.  So, not like the others.

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